Research Article

Methanol Aromatization over Zn and Ce Modified Hierarchical ZSM-5 Catalysts: Effect of Ce as a Promoter

Table 3

Textural properties of different catalysts.

ZeolitesSBETaSextbVtotalcVmicrobVmesod
(m2/g)(m2/g)(cm3/g)(cm3/g)(cm3/g)

Z255520.170.110.06
HZ2971160.240.100.14
0.6% Ce/HZ2931070.230.100.13
2% Zn/HZ207830.180.070.11
2% Zn-0.6% Ce/HZ241920.210.090.12

a BET method. b t-plot method. c Calculated from the adsorption branch at p/p0 = 0.99. dVmeso = Vtotal-Vmicro.